Automobile-brake.



T. MAGUIRE.

AUTOMOBILE BRAKE. I APPLJCATION FILED APR.26'. 191s.

Patented Dec. 10, 1918.

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AUTOMOBILE BRAKE.

APPLICATION'EILED APR. 26. ms.

Patented Dee. 10, 1918.

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T. MAGUIRE.

AUTOMOBILE BRAKE.

APPLICATION man APR. 26. ms.

Patented Dec; 10, 19 18.

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THOMAS MAG-UIRE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

AUTOMOBILE-BRAKE.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented Dec. 10, 1918.

Application filed April 26, 1918. Serial No. 2561879. I

To, all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, THQMAS MAGUIRE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, borough of Queens,

county of Queens, and State of New York,

have invented a certain new and useful Automobile-Brake, of which the following is a s ecification.

collision, or to prevent dangerous skidding.

his invention is an automobile brake, and embodies a special brake adapted for use in addition to the brake mechanism ordinarily employed on automobiles, the

object of the invention being to enable the driver to bring the machine to a quick, decisive stop, in the event of an impending The brake mechanism is not intended for regular use, but for employment on such emergency'occasions that collisions and resultin accidents could not be avoided unless t e machine was brought to a relatively abrupt stop.

Speaking generally, the invention, from a structural standpoint, and in its preferred form, embodies a shaft mounted on and extending from one side bar of the chassis to the other, two forward hangers, pivotally suspended from the shaft, two levers having their front ends pivotally connected with the hangers, two rear hangers pivotally as sociated with a second shaft, supported from the side bars of the chassis, a guide secured to each of said rear hangers, and a brake shoe aflixed to the rear end of each of said levers I and cooperating with the guides, whereby when the forward shaft is partially rotated, as by a foot pedal, the rear ends of the levers are depressed and force the brake shoes into frictional engagement with the ground. Means are provided, 6. 9., a spring, to automatically return the brake mechanism in its normal inoperative position, and the bottom of each brake shoe is preferably provided with spikes, which, when the brake shoes are forcibly depressed, enter the ground, thereby causing very powerful frictional engagement between the brake shoes and the ground, and almost immediately bringing the machine to a stop.

Features of the invention, other than those described, will be apparent from the hereinafter detailed description read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and annexed claims.

The drawings illustrate one practical, and the-preferred, embodiment of the invention, and which will serve to show the principle and mode of operation of the invention.

Figure 1 is aplan view, showing the invention mounted on an automobile;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal elevation taken through the center of the machine, showing the parts in non-operative position in full lines and in operative position in dotted lines, and the body of an auto in dotted lines; 4 I

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view, in perspective, of a forwarding portion of the mechanism Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view, in perspective, of the brake and its immediately associated parts; and

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional elevation taken,

through the brake and its shoe shown in Fig. 4.

The channeled side bars of the chassis are designated 5, and the wheels of the car 6.

Affixed within the channels of the side bars 5, at either side and near the forward ends thereof are plates or blocks 7, in which are ournaled, for partial rotation, the rounded ends of a forward, transverse shaft 8. Rig- ()FFICE.

Any partial rotation of shaft 8, in one direction or the other, causes a corresponding movement of the hangers and their associated parts. Shaft 8 is manually operated, preferably by a foot pedal 34, hereinafter described.

The hangers 9 are held in, normal, nonoperative position by means of coiled Levers 14 extend toward the rearIof the machine, .and they are preferably provided with a tie rod 15, the ends of which may exwhen the brakes are forcibly depressed enter, 0r tend to enter, the road bed, thereby greatly increasing the braking action.

The ends of levers 14 are guided in their downward movement by guides 21, embodying a rectangular frame in which aremounted spindles 22 on which rollers 23 are free to r0- tate. The end of each lever 14, in its downward and upward movements, rides on the rollers, thereby avoiding any undue friction. Each guide 21 is aflixed at its rear end to a hanger or bracket 2-1, the upper end of which is rigidl attached to a transverse rod or bar 25, eit 'er end of which bar is secured in fixed relation to the side of the chassis by means of a plate or block 26 fixedly positioned in the channel of the side 1 hangers 9, shaft 8, and

and aflixed to, respectively,

bar. Secured to the forward portion of each brake, and preferably to the shoe 18, is one end of a forwardly and upwardly extending rod or arm 27, shown in Fig. 2 in full and dotted lines, having a free end 28, which extends loosely through a bracket or guide 29, fixedly attached to lever 14: by bolt g0. Arm 27 serves as a strengthening memer. The lower end of foot pedal 34:, hereinbeand is secured thereto by means of a complementary plate 33, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. In order to preclude any undue lateral movement of the brakes relative to the chassis, a plate 17 is aflixed to each brake, and associated therewith are chains 19', extending the sides of the chassis and to collar 5' secured on drive shaft 5 just forwardly of rear axle housing 6. p

From the foregoing'description, the manner of operating the brakes will be readily understood, but it may be briefly described as follows: Springs 11, operating through levers l4,

retain the brakes in their elevated or nonoperative positions.

I When, however, shaft 8 is partially rotated contra-clockwise by the driver applying pressure to the foot pedal 34, the tension of springs 11 is overcome and the hangers 9 forced rearwardly. This movement causes the lovers 14 to be thrown backward and downward to the dotted ositions, shown in Fig. 2, and the brake s oes are thus forcibly brought into strong fric-' tional engagement with the road-bed.

From the foregoing description, it will ed to be partially rotated, tially rotating the shaft, hangers suspended normally clearly appear that the invention is comparatively simple in construction, efficient in operation and that it possesses pronounced utility for its intended purposes.

It will be understood that parts of the invention may be employed in other environments without necessarily employing all of the features described, and that the structure may be modified in detail, such as by the substitution of equivalents, without departing from the spirit or substance of the inof the levers and brake shoes.

adapt means. for par- 2. In an automobile brake, a shaft from the sh'a levers having their forward ends pivotally connected to said hangers and having their rear ends bent downwardly, brake shoes aflixed to the rear ends of said levers, means for guiding the downward movement of the lovers and brake shoes, and

that

means for restoring the brake mechanism to its normal inoperative position. fore referred to, partially straddles shaft 8 the brake shoes, a rear shaft, hangers connected with said shaft, and means associating with said hangers for guiding the downward movement of the brake shoes.

4:. In an automobile brake, a shaft having its ends j ournaled in the sides of the chassis, means for partially rotating the shaft, levers associated with the shaft which are forced rearwardly and downwardly when the shaft is partially rotated in one direction and upwardly and forwardly when the shaft is partially rotated in the opposite direction,

having their working faces provided with downwardly projecting spikes, conbrakes,

nected with the ends of the levers, and antifriction means for guiding'the movement of the levers.

5. In an automobile brake, a shaft having its ends journaled in the sides of the' chassis, means for partially rotating the shaft, levers associated with the shaft which are 'forced rearwardly and downwardly and over their fulcrums when the shaft is partially rotated in one direction and upwardly and forwardly over these fulcrums when the shaft THOMAS MAGUIRE. 

